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20 USC § 9831 - Purpose 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s9831"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 9831 - Purpose"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "9831"
section_name: "Purpose"
chapter_number: 78
chapter_name: "SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS, AND CRITICAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "TEACHER ASSISTANCE"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Programs"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 110–69, title VI, § 6121, Aug. 9, 2007, 121 Stat. 634.)"
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# § 9831. Purpose

It is the purpose of this part—

**(1)** to raise academic achievement through Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate programs by increasing, by 70,000, over a 4-year period beginning in 2008, the number of teachers serving high-need schools who are qualified to teach Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate courses in mathematics, science, and critical foreign languages;

**(2)** to increase, to 700,000 per year, the number of students attending high-need schools who—

**(A)** take and score a 3, 4, or 5 on an Advanced Placement examination in mathematics, science, or a critical foreign language administered by the College Board; or

**(B)** achieve a passing score on an examination administered by the International Baccalaureate Organization in such a subject;

**(3)** to increase the availability of, and enrollment in, Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate courses in mathematics, science, and critical foreign languages, and pre-Advanced Placement or pre-International Baccalaureate courses in such subjects, in high-need schools; and

**(4)** to support statewide efforts to increase the availability of, and enrollment in, Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate courses in mathematics, science, and critical foreign languages, and pre-Advanced Placement or pre-International Baccalaureate courses in such subjects, in high-need schools.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 110–69, title VI, § 6121, Aug. 9, 2007, 121 Stat. 634.)